Synonyms for shamelessly


Grammar : Adv
Spell : sheym-lis
Phonetic Transcription : ˈʃeɪm lɪs


Définition of shamelessly

Origin :
  • Old English scamleas "shameless, impudent, immodest;" see shame (n.) + -less. Related: Shamelessly; shamelessness. Cf. Old Norse skammlauss, Dutch schaamteloos, Old High German scamalos, German schamlos.
  • adv brazenly
Example sentences :
  • "I don't want anything in the world but you," owned Amelia shamelessly.
  • Extract from : « Tiverton Tales » by Alice Brown
  • He had broken into the cargo and shamelessly sold it as his own.
  • Extract from : « Wild Justice: Stories of the South Seas » by Lloyd Osbourne
  • The enemy had betrayed them shamelessly and deserved reprisals.
  • Extract from : « The Jolliest School of All » by Angela Brazil
  • I need scarcely say that the tradition was groundless, but we worked it shamelessly.
  • Extract from : « From a Cornish Window » by Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
  • "Thar's suthin' in that," said the old man, shamelessly abandoning the Postmaster.
  • Extract from : « Flip: A California Romance » by Bret Harte
  • He is shamelessly, indecently, monstrously lacking in the ironic sense.
  • Extract from : « Suspended Judgments » by John Cowper Powys
  • The benefits they were so ready to confer in time of need were shamelessly forgotten.
  • Extract from : « Lewis and Clark » by William R. Lighton
  • Shamelessly he accepted this service from her; for he was at his wits' end.
  • Extract from : « The Combined Maze » by May Sinclair
  • I grieve to say that Mr. Decker shamelessly broke his promise.
  • Extract from : « Tales of the Argonauts » by Bret Harte
  • He also remembered how shamelessly he and others had mocked at Caesar.
  • Extract from : « A Thorny Path [Per Aspera], Complete » by Georg Ebers

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